diff --git a/adminer/include/bootstrap.inc.php b/adminer/include/bootstrap.inc.php
index b1a27ae6..2aad2271 100644
--- a/adminer/include/bootstrap.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/bootstrap.inc.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ if (!defined("SID")) {
 
 // disable magic quotes to be able to use database escaping function
 remove_slashes(array(&$_GET, &$_POST, &$_COOKIE), $filter);
-if (function_exists("set_magic_quotes_runtime")) { // removed in PHP 6
+if (get_magic_quotes_runtime()) {
 	set_magic_quotes_runtime(false);
 }
 @set_time_limit(0); // @ - can be disabled